When Jalopnik mentioned how long the Maverick's truck bed was I looked up how short that was comparatively. However, I didn't want to take away from Torchinsky's fun writing style with boring data.
That wasn't the most interesting Jalopnik article I have read.
Google says that the Nissan Frontier's short bed is 59.5 inches long, but the Explorer Sport Trac was only 48".
The Santa Fe's bed is 48.4-52.1" long.
The Subaru Baja's truck bed was 41.5"
I thought the Avalanche bed was tiny, but apparently it is 63.3"
Then there is this modified Ram 4,500 that for some reason a sheikh had modified with a 16' bed, which is in a museum for some reason: